COMPUTER INTEGRATED

MANUFACTURING
DEFINITION
 COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING (CIM)
IS A BROAD TERM COVERING ALL TECHNOLOGIES
AND SOFT AUTOMATION USED TO MANAGE THE
RESOURCES FOR COST EFFECTIVE PRODUCTION OF
TANGIABLE GOODS .
INTRODUCTION
 THE
TERM CIM COMPRISES THREE WORDS –
COMPUTER INTEGRATED AND MANUFACTURING .
 THOUGH ALL THREE WORDS ARE EQUALLY
SIGNIFICANT , THE FIRST TWO ARE SECONDARY-
MERELY ADJECTIVES MODIFYING THE LAST ONE
(manufacturing).
 CIM
IS THUS THE APPLICATION OF COMPUTERS IN
MANUFACTURING IN AN INTEGRATED WAY.
 ALL
TYPES OF COMPUTERS, FROM PERSONAL
COMPUTERS TO MAINFRAMES ARE USED IN CIM.
 THE MIDDLE TERM IN CIM IS VERY APPROPRIATE .
IT SAYS ABOUT THE INTEGRATION OF SOURCES
SUCH AS – CAPITAL, HUMAN,TECHNOLOGY AND
EQUIPMENT.
 CIMDISCOURAGES ANY HAPHAZARD
APPLICATION OF COMPUTER AND OTHER
TECHNOLOGIES THAT RESULTS IN ISOLATED
ISLANDS OF AUTOMATION.
 INTEGRATION IS ACHIEVED THROUGH TIMELY
AND EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION WHICH CIM
RELIES ON HEAVILY.
 AT
FIRST AS COMPUTERS HAD BEEN TOO
EXPENSIVE TO BE COST EFFECTIVE IN
MANUFACTURING .
 THEYWERE USED FOR ONLY ACCOUNTING
,PAYROLL AND SOME EXTENT TO INVENTORY
MANAGEMENT.
 THELOW COST AND IMPROVED CAPABILITIES
OF TODAY’S COMPUTERS SYSTEMS HAVE
CHANGED THAT SCENARIO.
 THESECOND REASON FOR THE DELAYED
“BIRTH” OF CIM AND ITS SLOW PROGRESS IS
THE SHEER COMPLEXITY OF INTEGRATION ,
ARISING FOR LARGE NUMBER OF TASKS THAT
INTERACT IN DISCRETE MANUFACTURING IN
TODAY’S SOPHISTICATED MARKET.
 CIMIS AN UMBRELLA TERM UNDER WHICH ALL
FUNCTIONS OF MANUFACTURING AND
ASSOCIATED ACRONYMS , SUCH AS CAD,
CAM,FMS(flexible manufacturing system) AND
CAPP(computer aided process planning) ETC .
 CIM WHEEL:
 ITDEPICTS A CENTRAL CORE( integrated systems
architecture) THAT HANDLES THE COMMON
MANUFACTURING DATA AND CONCERNED WITH
INFORMATION RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND
COMMUNICATION.
 THERADIAL SECTORS SURROUNDING THE CORE(wheel
hub) REPRESENT THE VARIOUS ACTIVITIES OF
MANUFACTURING SUCH AS DESIGN, MATERIAL
PROCESSING AND INSPECTION .
 THESE
ACTIVITIES HAVE BEEN GROUPED UNDER THREE
CATEGORIES- MANUFACTURING PLANNING AND
CONTROL . PRODUCT/PROCESS , AND FACTORY
AUTOMATION – AS DEPICTED IN THE WHEELS INNER
RIM.
 THEOUTER RIM REPRESENTS THE UPPER MANAGEMENT
FUNCTIONS GROUPED INTO FOUR CATEGORIES-
STRATEGIC PLANNING , MARKETING ,
MANUFACTURING,HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
AND FINANCE.
 EVOLUTION OF CIM:
 PRIMARY FACTORS THAT HAVE LED TO THE
DEVELOPMENT OF CIM CONCEPT AND ASSOCIATED
TECHNOLOGIES ARE,
 1. DEVELOPMENT OF NUMERIC CONTROL.
 2. THE ADVENT AND COST EFFECTIVENESS OF
COMPUTERS.
 3. MANUFACTURING CHALLENGES, SUCH AS GLOBAL
COMPETITION, HIGH LABOUR COST, REGULATIONS,
PRODUCT LIABILITIES AND DEMAND FOR QUALITY
PRODUCTS.
 4.THE CAPABILITY TO COST ATTRACTIVENESS OF
MICRO COMPUTERS.
 DEVELOPMENT OF NUMERICAL
CONTROL
 NUMERICALCONTROL IS A TECHNIQUE FOR
CONTROLLING MACHINE TOOLS AND OTHER
EQUIPMENT USING SYMBOLS THAT INCLUDE
NUMBERS.
 ORIGIN:IN 1947, THE U.S AIRFORCE FACED A
MACHINING PROBLEM CONCERNING TURBINE
BLADES.
 PARSION CORP. TOOK THE CHALLENGE OF
DEVELOPING A NEW METHOD FOR MOVING
THE TOOL , USING NUMBERS TO ACHIEVE THE
DESIRED ACCURACY.
 PARSONS WORKED WITH MASSACHUSETTS
INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY TO PRODUCE THE
FIRST NC MACHINE IN 1954.
 LATER IT IS SOPHISTICATED WITH MICRO
ELECTONICS AND CALLED FLEXIBLE
MACHINING CELLS.
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